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The designated hitter (DH) is a baseball player ... regarding the 2021 season's rules included the so-called "universal DH," but ... The designated hitter rule also ...
The universal designated hitter has been part of Major League Baseball for two full seasons and, much to the chagrin of some National League traditionalists, the sport has survived and even thrived.
Major League Baseball has agreed to the universal designated hitter, commissioner Rob Manfred announced on Thursday. The move ends the National League’s ... No more surprise dingers.
One of baseball's oldest arguments is coming to a head. With the designated hitter finally in place in both leagues in 2020, should it stay beyond this season?
As of the 2022 CBA, MLB has implemented a universal designated hitter, eliminating the need for the double-switch. When the team is up to bat, a manager can get the same effect as a double switch by leaving in the player who has pinch-hit for the pitcher and replacing another player in the lineup who has made the last out of the inning with a ...
A universal designated hitter There might be nothing in baseball more polarizing than the DH — well, except maybe whether Pete Rose should be in the Hall of Fame.
The NL's adoption of the designated hitter rule in 2022, and the expansion of interleague play to 46 games beginning in 2023, has further blurred the lines between leagues. Though both leagues agreed to be jointly governed by a commissioner in 1920, they remained separate legal and business entities with their own president and management. This ...
Neither the universal designated hitter nor expanded playoffs were a part of the 2021 health and safety protocols announced this week by MLB and the MLB Players Association, but it’s still ...